My CLF Coffe Cozie is now officially a published design!
Yay, its available for sale! I’m so excited! I will hopefully be getting my copy in about a week or so.
Crochet Liberation Front First Ever Book
GO to this LINK HERE and order the book…
Remember folks there are 36 patterns, 13 articles. Lots of insurrection and mayhem! And very cool patterns :)
I will post more about it when I get my copy, but I am sooo excited!
Monday, September 15, 2008
Thursday, September 4, 2008
Long time Lots o' changes
Let's see so far today I have accomplished making snicker doodles and I am currently in the process of making my very first loaf of homemade bread sans bread machine. However that is no comparison to what has happened over the last month. In the early part of the month of August the family and I made a trip to visit hubby's sister and brother in Birmingham. We had a wonderful time and really enjoyed the time off. Addison learned how to walk and chase the dog while we were there! We watched the Olympics as I participated in the Ravelympics. We loved watching Micheal Phelps conquer all this events and I finished most of my projects for the Ravelympics in time to get 3 medals. I would have finished more but in the midst of the Ravelympics I received news that my uncle had passed away. I was able to get to my hometown in time to comfort my family.
Once we arrived back home we had some financial issues pop up unexpected, don't you HATE that!? Well that really brings us up to the present day. Christopher has started his 3rd job, yup that's right, 3 jobs! We now have only 1 night a week that we are both not busy, so we will really have to be sure that it stays open just for family time.
And now back to the bread! I have really enjoyed myself so far. It felt really good to be making something with my own two hands that would feed my family. It was remarkably easier than I expected it to be. I encourage everyone out there, if you have never made bread from scratch for your family, don't wait another minute, go out get all the ingredients, of which are only about 5 total ingredient, and make it right this minute! I started at 8 this morning and I am very close to putting it in the oven for 40 minutes and it will be finished! I am amazed that it really doesnt take all day like I thought that it would. I am enjoying this new skill that hopefully I have and will grow and grow. I hope it comes out of the oven ok, I will have to let you all know how it all goes when I get to that point. But for now I am going to sign off and enjoy the next 20 minutes just sitting in one spot working on my Hairpin Lace Scarf while Addie finishes up her nap, have a wonderful day!!!!
Once we arrived back home we had some financial issues pop up unexpected, don't you HATE that!? Well that really brings us up to the present day. Christopher has started his 3rd job, yup that's right, 3 jobs! We now have only 1 night a week that we are both not busy, so we will really have to be sure that it stays open just for family time.
And now back to the bread! I have really enjoyed myself so far. It felt really good to be making something with my own two hands that would feed my family. It was remarkably easier than I expected it to be. I encourage everyone out there, if you have never made bread from scratch for your family, don't wait another minute, go out get all the ingredients, of which are only about 5 total ingredient, and make it right this minute! I started at 8 this morning and I am very close to putting it in the oven for 40 minutes and it will be finished! I am amazed that it really doesnt take all day like I thought that it would. I am enjoying this new skill that hopefully I have and will grow and grow. I hope it comes out of the oven ok, I will have to let you all know how it all goes when I get to that point. But for now I am going to sign off and enjoy the next 20 minutes just sitting in one spot working on my Hairpin Lace Scarf while Addie finishes up her nap, have a wonderful day!!!!
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
SlyDial
Ok, I have just learned of this thing called SlyDial.
Now, all I keep hearing about this is how it is the cowards way of contacting people. Personally I am sooo excited about it. I have been looking for something like this for soooo long. You see, my husband works at schools all day. He keeps his phone on all day long because thats how he and is coworkers have to contact each other thru out the day, which is necessary for his job.
There are times when I want to leave him a message, for instance, get supper before you come home, get diapers, get milk, or a simple I love you or Addie wants to say hi ; these are all just to help me out or to brighten his day. I love this new Technology. Yay!
Now, all I keep hearing about this is how it is the cowards way of contacting people. Personally I am sooo excited about it. I have been looking for something like this for soooo long. You see, my husband works at schools all day. He keeps his phone on all day long because thats how he and is coworkers have to contact each other thru out the day, which is necessary for his job.
There are times when I want to leave him a message, for instance, get supper before you come home, get diapers, get milk, or a simple I love you or Addie wants to say hi ; these are all just to help me out or to brighten his day. I love this new Technology. Yay!
Saturday, July 19, 2008
Kool Aid
With inspiration from my friend Jeannie I decided to try my hand at Kool Aid dying. Don't those colors look divine? I am so excited that this worked out so well. The colors did not turn out quite as even as I expected, but I really like it that way. I am looking forward to dying some sock yarn in orange, that color was just beautiful!Here is a picture of my finished socks. I am so proud of them!
Friday, July 11, 2008
My Etsy Store
I have been working really hard the last couple of days designing new stitch markers for the LYS The Sassy Knitter and I decided to put a few on my online store Candi Creations, come by and see if there is anything that interests you, and I do custom orders too!
Sunday, July 6, 2008
Wow, It's July
I am always amazed at how fast the time really goes. Well, over the past week and a half my mom-in-law came to visit. It was so great to have her here. Addie just loves it when Grandma visits. She gets to spend lots of quality time while mommy and daddy get to go and eat. Well, when that night came, we wanted to go out for our anniversary a few weeks late. While getting ready we got a call from some friends wanting us to go eat with them, so we said sure! Come to find out they had recently gotten engaged and wanted to share the news with us first hand. Good God is her ring beautiful! It is so big and shinny. Of course I would never trade mine in but wow, he did a great job picking this out. He took is Mom to help him decide. He did very good.
Well, on to the rest of the week, we went to the zoo. It was Addison's first trip and all she did was bark at all the animals whether they were barking or not. She enjoyed to bird exhibit especially the Lorikeets, you know where you feed them from a cup? I thought that she would be scarred, and she did jump a bit when they flew past but over all she did great!
When Grandma's visit came to an end she was quite sad. When I asked her if she missed Grandma she rolled her hands, like you do in Pat-a-cake, Grandma and her always played that, it made me cry.
Ok, now onto the fiber stuff!
I finished my first sock. I started on my second and had to redo it about 4 times. I just wasn't paying attention and kept forgetting to do the rib pattern, I kept knitting it. So I have casted on one more time and so far so good. I am paying more attention and hoping that I won't have to rip out and start again.
I also finally picked up my previous project of the Hairpin Lace Cardi Wrap. I am doing the Hairpin Lace version. I got frustrated with it a while back and decided to take a break from it. But now I am back at it, getting past the frustrating part and beginning on the sleeves. It will be done in no time at all. Plus I have all but finished Addie's Tank, just have to add the ties and I will be finished. I am so happy to have all these projects wrapped up. Just a few more projects to complete and I will be so happy!
May you all complete those things that you wish to have done!
Well, on to the rest of the week, we went to the zoo. It was Addison's first trip and all she did was bark at all the animals whether they were barking or not. She enjoyed to bird exhibit especially the Lorikeets, you know where you feed them from a cup? I thought that she would be scarred, and she did jump a bit when they flew past but over all she did great!
When Grandma's visit came to an end she was quite sad. When I asked her if she missed Grandma she rolled her hands, like you do in Pat-a-cake, Grandma and her always played that, it made me cry.
Ok, now onto the fiber stuff!
I finished my first sock. I started on my second and had to redo it about 4 times. I just wasn't paying attention and kept forgetting to do the rib pattern, I kept knitting it. So I have casted on one more time and so far so good. I am paying more attention and hoping that I won't have to rip out and start again.
I also finally picked up my previous project of the Hairpin Lace Cardi Wrap. I am doing the Hairpin Lace version. I got frustrated with it a while back and decided to take a break from it. But now I am back at it, getting past the frustrating part and beginning on the sleeves. It will be done in no time at all. Plus I have all but finished Addie's Tank, just have to add the ties and I will be finished. I am so happy to have all these projects wrapped up. Just a few more projects to complete and I will be so happy!
May you all complete those things that you wish to have done!
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Knitting my first pair of socks...
Here I am working on my very first sock. This was taken 2 days ago and now I have begun on the instep, it seems to be going very very fast. I am loving this!My daughter's Grandma is coming to visit tomorrow, so I am cleaning my house, it is a big ole mess!
Hope everyone is having a GREAT day!
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